Bovine Diarrhea Virus

Virus strain No. 12, one of the new isolates from Japanese cattle described previously, was studied for its physicochemical properties. The new isolate was shown to be very small in size by centrifugation and filtration, being filtrable through Millipore filters of 50 mμ pore size. It appears to be an RNA virus as its replication was not inhibited by 5-iodo-2′-deoxyuridine. The virus was readily inactivated by ether and deoxycholate, and partially by trypsin; was labile at pH 3, not stabilized by 1 m MgCl₂ at 50 C, was inactivated by ultraviolet, and withstood repeated freeze-thawing. Further it was readily inactivated at 56 C but more slowly at 37 C, and was stable at lower temperatures. These findings support the identification of the isolated virus as the bovine diarrhea (BD) virus. The properties of BD virus, i.e. size, type of nucleic acid, ether, chloroform and deoxycholate sensitivities, and acid lability, appear to be similar to those of arboviruses. The trypsin sensitivity of BD virus is similar to the B group of arboviruses, which, unlike the A group, sensitive to trypsin. For the classification of BD virus as well as hog cholera virus, which is closely related, further elucidation of properties, fine structure of the virion, etc., is needed.     

Bovine Diarrhea Virus

Marked cytopathic changes were induced by challenge with Newcastle disease (ND) virus in bovine testicle or kidney cell cultures which were previously infected with non-cytopathogenic strains of bovine diarrhea (BD) virus. No cytopathic changes were induced by ND virus in similar cells not infected with BD virus. The development of cytopathic effect was shown to be associated with enhancement of ND virus replication. This exalting effect of BD virus appears to be dependent on infectivity, since the effect was inhibited when infection of the cells with BD virus was blocked by specific antiserum. Various factors involved in the phenomenon were investigated and an in vitro method (END) for the assay of BD virus and its antibodies was developed. The use of this method eliminates the difficulties in recognizing non-cytopathogenic strains of BD virus which hampered systematic investigations of the nature and behavior of BD virus as well as of the natural history and pathogenesis of the infection in cattle.     

牛病毒性腹泻病毒的成熟和释放

试验中用电镜观察了牛病毒性腹泻病毒ＯｒｅｇｏｎＣ２４Ｖ株在感染新生牛睾丸细胞中的形态发生。成熟的病毒颗粒是直径约为５０ｎｍ的球形颗粒,内含直径约为３０ｎｍ的核心。病毒在宿主细胞的胞质内复制,通过糙面内质网膜出芽成熟。病毒可以通过外排或在细胞死亡后含有病毒颗粒的空泡崩溃而释放到胞外。     

Microtiter Tests for Detecting Antibody in Bovine Serum to Parainfluenza 3 Virus, Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis Virus, and Bovine Virus Diarrhea Virus

Microneutralization tests for detection of antibody in bovine serum to three bovine viruses are described. The Madin-Darby bovine kidney cell line was used with parainfluenza 3 virus (PI 3), whereas serially cultivated bovine embryonic kidney cells were used for infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus and bovine virus diarrhea virus. Comparison of micro-hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) with micro-serum-neutralization (SN) tests for PI 3 showed the SN test to be more sensitive, more specific, and therefore more useful than the HI test for detecting antibody. Although the effect of trypsin-periodate treatment of serum was to reduce the HI titer of numerous sera by a twofold dilution, sufficient evidence could not be found to indicate that nonspecific HI inhibitors to PI 3 are present in bovine sera.     

牛病毒性腹泻病毒RT-LAMP检测方法的建立

目的:建立牛病毒性腹泻病毒(BVDv)的环介导体外等温扩增(LAMP)快速检测方法。方法:根据BVDv的5'端非编码区序列,在保守区的8个位点设计LAMP特异性引物(2对特异性引物和1对环引物),对反应条件和试剂浓度进行优化,建立恒温(63.5℃)、快速(65min)的检测方法。结果:建立的方法特异性好,检测其他对照病毒均为阴性;灵敏度高,最低可检测到1个拷贝的阳性质粒,可通过观察浑浊度或加入染料后直接判定扩增结果。结论:建立了用于检测BVDv的LAMP方法,该方法简便、快速、特异性好、灵敏度高,适合基层和现场检测。     

牛病毒性腹泻病毒基因组cDNA文库的构建

以牛病毒性腹泻病毒（ＢＶＤＶ）┥ｎＬ株的基因组ＲＮＡ为模板,经逆向转录酶作用,合成第一链ｃＤＮＡ,再以ＲＮａｄｓｅ／Ｈ与ＤＮＡ聚合酶Ｉ联合作用合成ｄｓｃＤＮＡ,并以ｄＣ同聚物尾化。ｐＵＣ８ＤＮＡ在Ｐｓｔ Ｉ酶解后,以ｄＧ同聚物尾化,两者退火构成重组质粒,转化到Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉ ＪＭ１０１受体菌中,另以γ－＾３２Ｐ－ＡＴＰ标记ＢＶＤＶ ＲＮＡ制备探针,通过菌落原位杂交筛选重组子。酶切分配表明重组质粒插入     

Prevalence Study and Genetic Typing of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) in Four Bovine Species in China

To determine the nationwide status of persistent BVDV infection in different bovine species in China and compare different test methods, a total of 1379 serum samples from clinical healthy dairy cattle, beef cattle, yaks (Bos grunniens), and water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) were collected in eight provinces of China from 2010 to 2013. The samples were analyzed using commercial antibody (Ab) and antigen (Ag) detection kits, and RT-PCR based on the 5’-UTR and Npro gene sequencing. Results showed that the overall positive rates for BVDV Ab, Ag and RT-PCR detection were 58.09% (801/1379), 1.39% (14/1010), and 22.64% (146/645), respectively, while the individual positive rates varied among regions, species, and farms. The average Ab-positive rates for dairy cattle, beef cattle, yaks, and water buffalo were 89.49% (298/333), 63.27% (248/392), 45.38% (236/520), and 14.18% (19/134), respectively, while the Ag-positive rates were 0.00% (0/116), 0.77% (3/392), 0.82% (3/368), and 5.97% (8/134), respectively, and the nucleic acid-positive rates detected by RT-PCR were 32.06% (42/131), 13.00% (26/200), 28.89% (52/180), and 19.40% (26/134), respectively. In addition, the RT-PCR products were sequenced and 124 5’-UTR sequences were obtained. Phylogenetic analysis of the 5’-UTR sequences indicated that all of the 124 BVDV-positive samples were BVDV-1 and subtyped into either BVDV-1b (33.06%), BVDV-1m (49.19%), or a new cluster, designated as BVDV-1u (17.74%). Phylogenetic analysis based on Npro sequences confirmed this novel subtype. In conclusion, this study revealed the prevalence of BVDV-1 in bovine species in China and the dominant subtypes. The high proportion of bovines with detectable viral nucleic acids in the sera, even in the presence of high Ab levels, revealed a serious threat to bovine health.     

牛病毒性腹泻病毒E2蛋白单克隆抗体的制备及初步鉴定

为制备牛病毒性腹泻病毒(BVDV)糖蛋白E2单克隆抗体(MAb),利用原核表达并且纯化的重组糖蛋白E2(rE2)免疫BALB/c小鼠,取免疫后小鼠脾细胞与骨髓瘤细胞SP2/0融合.采用以BVDV为检测抗原的间接ELISA筛选阳性细胞克隆,经3次克隆纯化后获得2株稳定分泌抗E2特异性MAb的杂交瘤细胞株,分别命名为4E3与1G11.用4E3与1G11杂交瘤细胞株接种BALB/c小鼠制备腹水,采用rE2及BVDV包被的ELISA测得的效价分别是6.21×106和6.83×105及6.83×105和7.5×104.间接ELISA、Western blot、IFA试验表明两株杂交瘤细胞所分泌的MAb具有良好的反应性和特异性.经抗体亚类鉴定4E3与1G11均为IgM/K.特异性试验表明4E3与1G11这2株MAb均不与牛传染性鼻气管炎病毒、牛副流感病毒3型、牛腺病毒3型反应;其中4E3不与猪瘟病毒反应,而1G11则可与猪瘟病毒发生交叉反应,这种反应特性可试用于BVDV与猪瘟病毒的鉴别诊断.所制备的4E3与1G11 MAb可以用于BVDV抗原的检测,为建立检测BVDV E2蛋白血清抗体的ELISA奠定了基础.     

Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus

A large epizootic of an acute respiratory disease of cattle occurred in Japan during the months from October 1968 to May 1969. A virus was recovered in primary cultures of calf kidney and testicle cells from nasal swabs of affected cattle. Neutralization tests revealed the virus to be closely related to the Long strain of human respiratory syncytial virus. The virus induced cytopathic changes including the formation of syncytia and acidophilic-cytoplasmic inclusions in calf kidney and testicle cell cultures. A calf inoculated with the virus by the respiratory route developed an illness resembling the natural disease. Most cattle clinically diagnosed as having the disease showed significant rises of neutralizing antibody titer for the isolated virus, whereas none or only small fractions of those animals showed serological evidence for recent infection with bovine ephemeral fever virus, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus, Ibaraki virus, bovine diarrhea virus, bovine adenovirus Type 7 and parainfluenza virus Type 3. Neutralization tests on paired sera revealed a wide dissemination of the isolated virus among cattle in many areas of the country during the epizootic. All these findings leave no doubt that the epizootic was caused by bovine respiratory syncytial virus. This is the first study that ever shows the presence of infection of cattle with this virus in Japan.     

Alpha/Beta and Gamma Interferons Are Induced by Infection with Noncytopathic Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus In Vivo

In contrast to the results of previous in vitro studies, experimental infection of calves with noncytopathic bovine viral diarrhea virus (ncpBVDV) was found to induce strong alpha/beta and gamma interferon responses in gnotobiotic animals. These responses were associated with depressed levels of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) in serum. The results of this study indicate that the immunosuppression caused by ncpBVDV is not associated with low interferon responses or elevated levels of TGF-beta.     

牛病毒性腹泻病毒Erns-E2融合蛋白在果蝇S2细胞中的表达与鉴定

目的:利用果蝇S2细胞表达牛病毒性腹泻病毒(BVDV)Erns-E2融合蛋白,并对其抗体结合能力进行鉴定.方法:用RT-PCR方法扩增BVDV NADL株Erns和E2蛋白的编码基因,利用(G4-S)3柔性15肽基因将扩增的2个基因连接,再与昆虫表达载体pMT/BiP/V5-His连接构建重组表达载体pMT/BiP/V5-His-E(MS)-E2,将后者与筛选质粒pCoBlast共转染果蝇S2细胞后表达Erns-E2融合蛋白.并对表达产物进行鉴定.结果:SDS-PAGE结果表明,融合蛋白相对分子质量为76 800;Westem blotting检测表明,该融合蛋白具有与BVDV抗体良好的结合能力.结论:BVDV的Erns-E2融合蛋白能在果蝇S2细胞中进行表达;经鉴定,表达产物具有良好的抗体结合能力,可用于抗原检测.     

牛病毒性腹泻病毒E^rns-E2融合蛋白在果蝇S2细胞中的表达与鉴定

目的：利用果蝇S2细胞表达牛病毒性腹泻病毒（BVDV）Erns-E2融合蛋白,并对其抗体结合能力进行鉴定。方法：用RT-PCR方法扩增BVDV NADL株Erns和E2蛋白的编码基因,利用（G4-S）3柔性15肽基因将扩增的2个基因连接,再与昆虫表达载体pMT/BiP/V5-His连接构建重组表达载体pMT/BiP/V5-His-Erns-E2,将后者与筛选质粒pCoBlast共转染果蝇S2细胞后表达Erns-E2融合蛋白,并对表达产物进行鉴定。结果：SDS-PAGE结果表明,融合蛋白相对分子质量为76800;Western blotting检测表明,该融合蛋白具有与BVDV抗体良好的结合能力。结论：BVDV的Erns-E2融合蛋白能在果蝇S2细胞中进行表达;经鉴定,表达产物具有良好的抗体结合能力,可用于抗原检测。     

Failure to Induce Mucosal Disease in Cattle Persistently Infected with Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus by Treatment with Adrenocorticotropic Hormone

Recent research has shown that cattle that develop mucosal disease (MD) often, if not always, have been persistently infected with bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) since birth. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether MD could be induced by immunosuppression of persistently BVDV-infected cattle. For that purpose, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) was injected intramuscularly, twice daily for 5 consecutive days in 4 persistently BVDV-infected cattle and in 3 control cattle. Before the ACTH treatment, the numbers of leukocytes, neutrophils and mononuclear cells (MNC) per litre of blood in BVDV-infected cattle were in the same range as in the controls. Similarly, the proportions of B cells, T cells, monocytes and Fcγ+ cells (cells with receptor for the Fc part of IgG) were the same in the 2 groups of animals. On the other hand, the proliferative response to mitogen stimulation of MNC obtained from the control animals was twice as high as the corresponding value of the persistently BVDV-infected cattle. In all animals, ACTH treatment caused increased Cortisol concentrations, leukocytosis, neutrophilia and decreased mitogen-induced lymphocyte stimulation. However, the MNC count and the proportions of B cells, T cells, Fcγ+ cells and monocytes remained unaltered. In spite of the immunosuppression, indicated by the decrease in mitogen-induced lymphocyte stimulation. ACTH treatment did not provoke any clinical signs of MD in the persistently BVDV-infected cattle.     

Functional Characterization of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Nonstructural Protein 5A by Reverse Genetic Analysis and Live Cell Imaging

Nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A) of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) is a hydrophilic phosphoprotein with RNA binding activity and a critical component of the viral replicase. In silico analysis suggests that NS5A encompasses three domains interconnected by two low-complexity sequences (LCSs). While domain I harbors two functional determinants, an N-terminal amphipathic helix important for membrane association, and a Zn-binding site essential for RNA replication, the structure and function of the C-terminal half of NS5A are still ill defined. In this study, we introduced a panel of 10 amino acid deletions covering the C-terminal half of NS5A. In the context of a highly efficient monocistronic replicon, deletions in LCS I and the N-terminal part of domain II, as well as in domain III, were tolerated with regard to RNA replication. When introduced into a bicistronic replicon, only deletions in LCS I and the N-terminal part of domain II were tolerated. In the context of the viral full-length genome, these mutations allowed residual virion morphogenesis. Based on these data, a functional monocistronic BVDV replicon coding for an NS5A variant with an insertion of the fluorescent protein mCherry was constructed. Live cell imaging demonstrated that a fraction of NS5A-mCherry localizes to the surface of lipid droplets. Taken together, this study provides novel insights into the functions of BVDV NS5A. Moreover, we established the first pestiviral replicon expressing fluorescent NS5A-mCherry to directly visualize functional viral replication complexes by live cell imaging.     

A Single Point Mutation in Nonstructural Protein NS2 of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Results in Temperature-Sensitive Attenuation of Viral Cytopathogenicity

For Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), the type species of the genus Pestivirus in the family Flaviviridae, cytopathogenic (cp) and noncytopathogenic (ncp) viruses are distinguished according to their effect on cultured cells. It has been established that cytopathogenicity of BVDV correlates with efficient production of viral nonstructural protein NS3 and with enhanced viral RNA synthesis. Here, we describe generation and characterization of a temperature-sensitive (ts) mutant of cp BVDV strain CP7, termed TS2.7. Infection of bovine cells with TS2.7 and the parent CP7 at 33°C resulted in efficient viral replication and a cytopathic effect. In contrast, the ability of TS2.7 to cause cytopathogenicity at 39.5°C was drastically reduced despite production of high titers of infectious virus. Further experiments, including nucleotide sequencing of the TS2.7 genome and reverse genetics, showed that a Y1338H substitution at residue 193 of NS2 resulted in the temperature-dependent attenuation of cytopathogenicity despite high levels of infectious virus production. Interestingly, TS2.7 and the reconstructed mutant CP7-Y1338H produced NS3 in addition to NS2-3 throughout infection. Compared to the parent CP7, NS2-3 processing was slightly decreased at both temperatures. Quantification of viral RNAs that were accumulated at 10 h postinfection demonstrated that attenuation of the cytopathogenicity of the ts mutants at 39.5°C correlated with reduced amounts of viral RNA, while the efficiency of viral RNA synthesis at 33°C was not affected. Taken together, the results of this study show that a mutation in BVDV NS2 attenuates viral RNA replication and suppresses viral cytopathogenicity at high temperature without altering NS3 expression and infectious virus production in a temperature-dependent manner.The pestiviruses Bovine viral diarrhea virus-1 (BVDV-1), BVDV-2, Classical swine fever virus (CSFV), and Border disease virus (BDV) are causative agents of economically important livestock diseases. Together with the genera Flavivirus, including several important human pathogens like Dengue fever virus, West Nile virus, Yellow fever virus, and Tick-borne encephalitis virus, and Hepacivirus (human Hepatitis C virus [HCV]), the genus Pestivirus constitutes the family Flaviviridae (8, 20). All members of this family are enveloped viruses with a single-stranded positive-sense RNA genome encompassing one large open reading frame (ORF) flanked by 5′ and 3′ nontranslated regions (NTR) (see references 8 and 28 for reviews). The ORF encodes a polyprotein which is co- and posttranslationally processed into the mature viral proteins by viral and cellular proteases. For BVDV, the RNA genome is about 12.3 kb in length and encodes a polyprotein of about 3,900 amino acids. The first third of the ORF encodes a nonstructural (NS) autoprotease and four structural proteins, while the remaining part of the genome encodes NS proteins which share many common characteristics and functions with the corresponding NS proteins encoded by the HCV genome (8, 28). NS2 of BVDV represents a cysteine autoprotease which is distantly related to the HCV NS2-3 protease (26). NS3, NS4A, NS4B, NS5A, and NS5B are essential components of the pestivirus replicase (7, 10, 49). NS3 possesses multiple enzymatic activities, namely serine protease (48, 52, 53), NTPase (46), and helicase activity (51). NS4A acts as an essential cofactor for the NS3 proteinase. NS5B represents the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) (22, 56). The functions of NS4B and NS5A remain to be determined. NS5A has been shown to be a phosphorylated protein that is associated with cellular serine/threonine kinases (44).According to their effects in tissue culture, two biotypes of pestiviruses are distinguished: cytopathogenic (cp) and noncytopathogenic (ncp) viruses (17, 27). The occurrence of cp BVDV in cattle persistently infected with ncp BVDV is directly linked to the induction of lethal mucosal disease in cattle (12, 13). Previous studies have shown that cp BVDV strains evolved from ncp BVDV strains by different kinds of mutations. These include RNA recombination with various cellular mRNAs, resulting in insertions of cellular protein-coding sequences into the viral genome, as well as insertions, duplications, and deletions of viral sequences, and point mutations (1, 2, 9, 24, 33, 36, 37, 42). A common consequence of all these genetic changes in cp BVDV genomes is the efficient production of NS3 at early and late phases of infection. In contrast, NS3 cannot be detected in cells at late time points after infection with ncp BVDV. An additional major difference is that the cp viruses produce amounts of viral RNA significantly larger than those of their ncp counterparts (7, 32, 50). While there is clear evidence that cell death induced by cp BVDV is mediated by apoptosis, the molecular mechanisms involved in pestiviral cytopathogenicity are poorly understood. In particular, the role of NS3 in triggering apoptosis remains unclear. It has been hypothesized that the NS3 serine proteinase might be involved in activation of the apoptotic proteolytic cascade (21, 55). Furthermore, it has been suggested that the NS3-mediated, enhanced viral RNA synthesis of cp BVDV and subsequently larger amounts of viral double-stranded RNAs may play a crucial role in triggering apoptosis (31, 54).In this study, we describe generation and characterization of a temperature-sensitive (ts) cp BVDV mutant whose ability to cause viral cytopathogenicity at high temperature is strongly attenuated. Our results demonstrate that a single amino acid substitution in NS2 attenuates BVDV cytopathogenicity at high temperature without affecting production of infectious viruses and expression of NS3 in a temperature-dependent manner.     

Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Strain Oregon: a Novel Mechanism for Processing of NS2-3 Based on Point Mutations

Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) isolates can either be cytopathogenic (cp) or noncytopathogenic (noncp). While both biotypes express the nonstructural protein NS2-3, generation of NS3 strictly correlates with the cp phenotype. The production of NS3 is usually caused by cp specific genome alterations, which were found to be due to RNA recombination. Molecular analyses of the cp BVDV strain Oregon revealed that it does not possess such genome alterations but nevertheless is able to generate NS3 via processing of NS2-3. The NS3 serine protease is not involved in this cleavage, which, according to protein sequencing, occurs between amino acids 1589 and 1590 of the BVDV Oregon polyprotein. Transient-expression studies indicated that important information for the cleavage of NS2-3 is located within NS2. This was verified by expression of chimeric constructs containing cDNA fragments derived from BVDV Oregon and a noncp BVDV. It could be shown that the C-terminal part of NS2 plays a crucial role in NS2-3 cleavage. These data, together with results obtained by site-specific exchanges in this region, revealed a new mechanism for NS2-3 processing which is based on point mutations within NS2.     

Identification and Characterization of an RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase Activity within the Nonstructural Protein 5B Region of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus

Nonstructural protein 5B (NS5B) of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) contains sequence motifs that are predictive of an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity. We describe the expression and purification of the BVDV NS5B protein derived from an infectious cDNA clone of BVDV (NADL strain). BVDV NS5B protein was active in an in vitro RNA polymerase assay using homopolymeric RNA or BVDV minigenomic RNA templates. The major product was a covalently linked double-stranded molecule generated by a “copy-back” mechanism from the input template RNA. In addition, a nucleotide-nonspecific and template-independent terminal nucleotidyl transferase activity was observed with the BVDV NS5B preparation.     

An Outbreak of a Disease in Farmed Fallow Deer (Dama Dama L) Resembling Bovine Virus Diarrhea/Mucosal Disease

Farmed fallow deer suddenly developed disease showing lethargy, weakness, anorexia and several of them died. The animals showed macroscopic lesions in the digestive mucosa characterized by erosions, ulcers and necrotizing lesions. Histo-pathology of the mucous membranes revealed marked inter- and intracellular oedema, erosions, ulcers and intracyto-plasmic inclusions bodies. BVD-virus was demonstrated in 1 deer using an indirect immunofluorescence method. It is suggested that the disease may have been caused by Bovine Virus Diarrhea virus alone or in conjunction with a simultaneous infection by another unidentified virus.     

计算机在确定牛病毒性腹泻病毒基因组常用限制性内切酶位点中的应用

应用计算机测定71种限制性内切酶在牛病毒性腹泻病毒NADL株(BVDV NADL)基因组的cDNA核苷酸序列中酶切位点,结果表明其中S8种酶的酶切位点所在的核苷酸序列数,也表明了其中13种限制性内切酶在核苷酸序列中无酶切位点。这些结果有助于进一步研究BVDV InL株的cDNA基因库。